Name: Kansyan from the Beautiful Lands
ISBN: 9780141398716

Ivan Sergejevič Turgenev

These haunting accounts of rural Russia and its downtrodden inhabitants helped to abolish serfdom in 1861.

Kansyan from the Beautiful Lands

Ilse

“Strange things happen on this earth: you can live a long while with someone and be on the friendliest of terms, and yet you’ll never once talk openly with him, from the depths of your soul; while with someone else you may scarcely have met, at one glance, whether you to him or he to you, just as in a confessional, you’ll blurt out the story of your life.”

While not the most exciting duo of stories I do like how it gives a little glimpse into life in rural Russia of back then. Kasyan is an interesting fellow, and I’d liked to have a little more of him. Still, this was a fun read and I enjoyed myself, and so it was the little money worth I paid for it, though I’d not necessarily recommend it to others (unless they got easy access to it and are as interested in Russian literature as I am)